Surgeons
topic on 3 shows · 6 statements across 3 episodes
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6 statements about Surgeons, every show
Gee: Lack of surgical outcome data leaves patients completely in the dark
“The only people who know how good the surgeon is truly are, well, either you have a national data set showing outcomes, which we don't, except for a few small things. So, but you, but the people who operate with that guy or gal know how good they are, but that…”
Dr. Vorster: Studies Show Music in Operating Rooms Makes Surgeons More Effective
“So we play music, and it's actually been studied that makes surgeons more effective, and so it's not distracting, it's soothing.”
Vorster: Surgeons should leave residual tumor rather than risk patient harm
“Rather than harm this person, maybe we should pull back a little bit. Let's leave the last little bit of the tumor. We always say most accidents happen near home, you know, so don't go after that last little Just stop before things really get bad. And that's h…”
Dr. Charles Vorster: Isolation Puts Surgeons at Risk of Drifting
“You have to keep in touch with your colleagues. You can't be isolated. If you get isolated, you know, you're always at risk of drifting a little bit this way or that way.”
Vorster: Mandatory age cutoffs should not force surgeons to stop operating
“I wouldn't propose that surgeons should stop operating at 60 or 70 or 80 or something. You know, I have some colleagues that are amazing people near their eighties that are still doing smaller surgeries”
Biotech startups scale through boards of Key Opinion Leaders
“And the KOLs is key opinion leaders. It's kind of a board and special board that you establish of key surgeons and doctors in your field. We're interested in implanting this into animals or into humans. So these are basically your go-to customers that you want…”